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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Tracking for Anemic $5M-Plus Domestic Opening

Coppola put part of his personal fortune into the $120 million sci-fi utopian epic and has remained steadfast in bringing it to the big screen even when no major Hollywood studio would release it.

Francis Ford Coppola ‘s passion project Megalopolis is tracking for an anemic domestic opening in the $5 million-plus range against a budget of $120 million before marketing, according to one major Hollywood research firm. Coppola has wanted to make the film for decades, and finally opted to put part of his personal fortune into the project, which stars Adam Driver as a man obsessed with creating a utopian city. Lionsgate has longstanding ties to Coppola and his American Zeotrope banner, handling home entertainment rights for a number of titles, including Apocalypse Now Final Cut, The Conversation, The CottonClub Encore, Tucker: The Man and HisDream and One From the Heart:Reprise.

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